Railway cross-tie.



, OJE. HALL.

RAILWAY GROSS TIE.

' APPLICATION rILnn DBO. 6, 1910.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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UNITED sTA ns faarnnrr OFFICE.

zen-of thel'lnited States, residing at Pawnee City; iii-the county of Pawnee and State, of

s Nebra'ska, have inventeditinew: and ,use't'ul Railway Gross-Tie Providing G reater Safety. forlt ailw'ay Traffic, of which the following is a Specification.

Thisinvention relates to cross tiessfor.

l 'i'a ilivay's and has for-it's object the provision of 'air-iiriproved tie which will contribute largely to the formation of a firm railhedrand which will be readily-renewable either I iniifli'ole or'in p'z rt lin ease of damage In ure preferred form of construetlorrnisi ilfa.

tailed ds cri tion, the portion offthe ti e be- .n'atli therail-is'made of concrete or other 'siii t-ab le"com position, although it may. be nia" e of ironor of wood.

I I ngs: F'gnre 1 isa side-elevati'o ofthe improved tie showing the asrse nbled'. relation of .the tie and rails. Fig.

In he draw 2 is 'a' top plan of one end of Fig.' 1-. Fig."

3 is a cross section on the line 3'-3 of-Fim 2 but. drawn on a larger scale. F ig. 4 is a partial central longitudinal section on the same scale as Fig. 3. Fig, 5 is a f 'agmentary perspective view of one end of the tie. The improved tie comprises end sleepers 1 which are in all respects duplicates and which are arranged end I toward end in spaced relation. They are preferably construeted of concrete. Each of the sleepers has in its upper ftlt't. near the outer end a vertical recess 2 and a longitudinal horizon tal groove 3 extending from said recess to the inner end of the sleeper. This recess ma or may not also extend to the outer end 01 the sleeper. The inner end of the sleeper about midway between the top and bottom is provided with a horizontal recess 4 having overhanging walls 5 l'aeed by an inserted steel slotted plate (3'. A slot 7 Open to theend face ol the sleeper extends ventieally through the upper wall of the recess 1 and communicates with the slot. of plate 6 and opens into the groove 3 the horizontal axis of the'slot lying in the same. plane with the axis'of the groove. The upper face of the sleeper is preferably inclinedtransverse to the edges, as shown at S, and the inner RKILWAY 'C'ROSS TI1 1.=

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OSCAR E. HALL, or PAWNEE CITY. NEBRAsKL assIGNoR T0 HATTIE J. STEVENS, or

' IPAWNEEI- ICITY, NEBRASKA. I

Patented Apr. 2; 19 12.

end is stepped and inclined, as shown at 9, although such features of construction 431E155 not essential to the invention. tienu-iuher 10 comprises a bar of steel or the l ke. tit-ted within the alined grooves 3 of ti. sleepers, and has at its ends angle extensions 11 entering the recesses .2, by G0 which shifting ot" the parts longitudinally I of .tlie tie rod is prevented. The bolts 12" have theirheads 13 anchored within theend ir ecessesl; beneath the overhanging slotted plate -6. xvitlrtheir shanks passing through '65 the slotot the plate and disposed within the open slot 7.. and their threaded ends passing throu lr holt openings-13' in the tie 10, while nuts l-tare. threaded on thenpper ends: of-the bolts a.nd ,se rve to clamp thetie bar to the sleeper to prevent vertical displacement and eonsetp e-nt disengagement-of the ends ll .ot the'barfronrthe recesses 2. p Byf this construction the tie'bar and sleepers are. assembled and disassembled without theme; eessityet': removing the bolts 12, it being only necessary to loosen the same sutiieient-ly to pernnt the ends 11 to helitted out of the lreeesses 2-..when the sleeper 1 or:tie bar 10 maybe moved longitudimilly and the bolt. slipped side'wise fromdhe slot to disengage its-head fromth e recess 4. In this way any part oi 'the tie is removable \v-it'houtdisturb. ing; the remainde' and without disassociating the boltand tie bar.

Where the sleeper. is made of concrete or similar composition, a yielding parking strip 1:; of asbestos or the like is advantageously disposed within the grooves 3 beneath the tie bar 10. This packing strip may be dispensed with it the tie he made of wood or of iron, and in the latter case the facing plate 6 may also be omitted.

The rail 16 may be connected with the upper face of the sleeper or lie bar in any 9 approved manner. In the drawing I' have illustrated the tie bar as provided with upstanding lugs 17 which take over the inner base flange of the rail, and also adjustable toe clips 18 for engaging the outer base1 flange of the same, whereby the rails are held in rigid fixed relation to the tie.

What is claimed is 1. A railway tie comprising a pair of sleeper-shaving each in its upper face a recess, the inner end of each sleeper provicfi with a recess havin an overhanging roof and with an en s 0t extending from the end recess to t e upper face of the sleeper, a tie bar having terminal angle extensions to engage in the up er recess of each sleeper, and clamping mein ers anchored within the end recess and extending by way of the open slots into adjustable engagement with the'tie bar.

2. A railway tie'comprising" a pair of sleepers having each in its upper face a recess and a groove extending therefrom lon-.-

' able engagement with the tie bar.

3. A railway tie comprising a pair of sleepers having'each in its upper face a recess and a groove extending therefrom lon gitudina-lly to the inner end, the inner end of each sleeper provided with a recess hav- 'ing an overhanging roof, a slotted plate inserted in the recess, beneath the roof, and aniopen vertical slot extending from the recess to 'an intersection with the groove, a tie bar fitting within the grooves of the sleepers and having terminal angle extensions to engage one in the upper recess of each sleeper, and bolts having their heads anchored beneath the overhanging roof of the end recesses and extending by way of groove, a tie bar fitting within the grooves of the sleepers and having angle extensions at its ends to engage one in the upper recess of each sleeper, and bolts having their heads anchored beneath the overhanging metal roof of the end recesses and extending 'by way of the open slots into adjustable engagement with the tie bar.

A railway tic comprising a pair of sleepers having in the upper faceof each sleeper a recess which is located on theouter side of the rail, the inner end of each sleeper being provided \vitlra recess having an ovcrhangingroof and with an open slot cxtending'froni the recess to the upper face of the sleeper, a tie bar interlocked with the recess at the outer sideof the rail, and clamping devices anchored within the end recess and connected with the tie bar on the inner side of the rail, said clamping devices being removable from the sleeper through the slot therein.

OSCAR E. HALL.

Executed in presence of \Vimnmu' RIoE, JOHN S. FnLLnn'roN. 

